Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

I would agree in other dogs that it would take more time but no Flynn the wonder dog :D

Tramadol is pretty good so maybe it's working well on him, I would be inclined to keep him calm no zoomies for a few days as the tramadol can mask the pain don't want any damage being down :)

My thoughts exactly! I did not expect him to zoom, so he caught me off guard... but then I caught him so he could zoom no more :D

I'm not going to give him the Tramadol again tonight unless I see any more obvious pain to see what he is like.

Jesus he just tried to jump on the couch, I am going to have to tie him down!! He wanted to go to the bedroom before and he was in there laying on his mat. His nice bed out in the lounge, so I took it back to its usual spot. He hopped in, me back out to lounge. He stayed in there all of 5 mins lol and out he comes! Think I will be having an early night to keep him quiet in his bed!

Hi Girls!
Thought I would check in real quick while I had the dogs outside for a late pitstop. The thunder is rumbling again, I think it woke them up. I figured I better get them outside before the next round of storms moves in.

Gosh Trish, I wonder if Flynn had some sort of spasm in his back or something? I know I get those from time to time, and they can be quite suddenly painful and sometimes they do settle down pretty quickly. So glad you could get him into the vet right away and have the bloodwork checked, at least you know that all looked good. But now the challenge will be to keep him from trying to jump up on stuff! I know that is always so hard with my dogs. It sounds like he is doing really great other than this. Did he eat his dinner?

Aww, the picture of him with the water bottle is so cute. :)

Hey Tina!! Yes, he did eat his dinner and looking for more. Maybe a back spasm... the vet checked him out pretty well. He held his back legs up off the table and felt down his spine. Said he did not like that, but I don't think I would like to be held in that position either!! :eek: Yes, maybe was something like a spasm, just weird, he looked so sick, trembling non stop, head hanging, came to sit right beside me, walking slow, not interested in a treat or anything. I checked his gums, they were nice and pink so not in shock, tummy soft, good poop this morning. Maybe he should have a spine xray, Mike can sort it out tomorrow when I take him in.

Tracy has been out partying all night!! Not feeling too flash and off to have a brekky to soak it all up :D:D Least some of us are having fun!! :)

God your storms are relentless!! Poor doggies getting woken up with that racket!! Hope it blows through again like last week :)

Oh good for Tracy for having the energy to party all night, but I'm sorry she's not feeling too well now. Hopefully a little something to eat will help her feel better. Boy it's been a long time since those days for me! I can hardly have a single drink now, and I'm ready for bed! LOL :D

That is such a scare with Flynn, with him acting like that, and then not wanting to eat. Yes, maybe a spine x-ray would be a good idea. I'm sure Mike will know just what to do. Glad he ate, that is definitely a good sign! These pups, it seems they just have to keep us on our toes. :rolleyes:

Yes, we have been hammered with storms lately. Not expecting anything bad this morning, however, it seems like they just flare up out of nowhere. Friday night we had a horrible storms here, not considered severe, but we got about 6 inches of rain in a couple of hours. :eek: Lots of flooding all over town and there were two fatalities of people who drowned while they were out driving, and cars got washed off the road. How horrible and so scary. My street and front yard looked like a river there was so much water rushing down it. I have never seen it quite like that before. Thank goodness I was home and not out and about.

OMG, I always think when I see cars driving into flood waters how dangerous it looks. Yikes, I am glad you were all home too!!

I just checked your weather and there is a band coming through, but looks dry for the next hour or so at least so hopefully you can get back to sleep for a while. But there are a few red patches so guess you will get a bit more rain before morning, said thunderstorms through to tomorrow night, but guess you know all that :rolleyes:

I am just emailing Mike so he has the info for the morning as sometimes when I take Flynny in for his bloods etc he is with another patient so I don't get to talk to him then. We usually talk when I pick him up later in the day. I am off work tomorrow, so that is good can go get him whenever he is ready.

Oh that's great that you're off work Trish. That will help with getting Flynn back to the vet. I love your Dr. Mike, you have such great communication with him. And it seems like he's always so available for you, with phone calls and emails. That is always so reassuring. The last couple times I've talked to my vet, I kind of feel like she wasn't as accommodating as usual. Sometimes I get the feeling that they get sick of me at the office. But I can't help it. Jasper has a lot of issues and unfortunately it results in a lot of calls and appointments. Maybe I'm being sensitive, but sometimes I just get a cold feeling from the staff at the office, kind of like they're tired of hearing from me. :o

Yep, we are heading back to bed in just a minute here. The concern for us right now is the heavy rain that is forecast, with all the flooding that we've had. They showed a house on the news last night in another part of town where the one whole side of the house had collapsed into a sinkhole from all the rain. Their house is a total loss, the water just gushed in. Those poor people, I literally felt sick looking at that. :(

You just ignore those feelings Tina!! That vet should thank their lucky stars they have you and Jasper as clients, he is a a complex case and you keep on top of it. I am sure they roll their eyes when I call too, I don't care :rolleyes:;):eek::D I care about Flynn more than I worry about what they think of me :D So put those thoughts aside and you keep doing what you do best, looking after that spunky boy of yours :D:D

Now get to bed!! Get some sleep before it is daylight!! Oh god, now I not only have to worry about tornados around you but you could all disappear down a sink hole??? :eek::eek::eek:

You are exactly right, I am way more concerned about Jasper than what they think there at the office for sure. But sometimes I do get those feelings, I just need to ignore them better. ;)

No worries Trish, hopefully there won't be any sink holes in this part of town. Good Lord that was awful! Yep we are heading to bed now for a little bit so I will catch you later. I will be looking for good news from Flynn's appointment. Hope you have a nice day off tomorrow. :) :D

Smooches for Flynny. xo

Hey I'm back. Breakfast turned into brunch as she was cooking for 12 :eek: some had champagne with theirs I had tea :D I could not face another drink lol. I managed a cooked breakfast so feel much better shouldn't complain as it's self inflicted :p

Tina I hope you get a break from the storms and that you get some sleep x

Trish fingers crossed for Flynns vet appointment will check back later to see how he went, now time for a wee nap :cool:

I was not expecting to read all of this about our little boy. I am not sure what to make of it all expect perhaps he just had a misstep causing pain and some rest, warmth and tramadol set it right.:confused:

Could he have eaten something that bothered him for a bit?

Well, Trish, will be looking for updates on Flynny. I hope things keep improving.

Hi!

He had a good night, no sign of problems this morning. Just been in to see Mike, he said he often see's dogs that present with similar sudden pain that resolves quickly. Like they will get a panicked call at opening with owners saying their dog cannot walk, then by the time they bring them in it has come right and they are walking again. Tina, he said back spasms not unusual in older arthriticy dogs either and he thought could well be that, so you were onto it! :)

He said he did not want to do his bloods today while Flynn had that happen yesterday, just in case the bloods are off he did not want to have to wonder whether yesterdays issue caused it so prefers to leave it until later in the week to give him time to fully settle down. No BP as there was a barking dog out the back. I did take in a urine for his UPC. Don't think he ate anything odd Addy, poops are fine again today too.

So a nice drama free day would be good! :) x

Hi Trish!

Sorry to read about Flynn's back problem, but he sure looks like he's living a mighty comfy life with that water bottle covered and on his back. :D
Mike sounds like he's wonderful. I hope Flynn continues to improve and that it was just an odd little episode.

Hugs,
Susan

Trish, back problems are no fun at all. Poor Flynn and how scary for you!

So glad to read Flynny is doing better :D hoping he has just tweaked it or had a spasm.

Here's to a drama free week :D

Well you know, Flynn is the gift that keeps on giving, in oh so many ways. hahahaha Mike is a wonderful guy. I think it was his calling in life to be a vet. Not all are so great, many are, but not all and how lucky that he is yours and Flynns. Tell him he has his own fan club around this joint. :)

Glad to hear the Flynn man is still doing is fine and acting fine.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

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Blardy hell, no sooner had I written that post. Flynny came over all hangdog, not wanting to move, looking like he was in pain hanging his head down. Thought he was going to vomit :( Dunno what happened to cause this. Just whipped him down to the vet, vitals are all OK. He thinks he has tweaked his back (Mike not on call today, but this guy nice and I had txt Mike on the way!) Flynn is walking, just slow. We don't like giving him non-steroidals or steroids for that matter. So he took bloods just to check nothing funny going on, but these are just in-house. He going to ring with those results this afternoon. I have to take Flynn back tomorrow morning to see Mike for proper bloods. I have given him 25mg Tramadol, you think I tried to feed him hot lava, spat it out.. was half a 50mg capsule and I sprinkled it on a bit of his food. So I gave him a squirt of the liquid stuff too. He does not want to eat either. He settled in his bed on the floor for now, he wanted on the couch but I don't want him up there in case he decides to jump off and I don't get him in time and does more damage. Hope he is OK and it is just a little back tweak. Honestly, just when you think everything is going well :(

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Oh Trish I am sorry to hear this, but yes when Snugs back is hurting him (he has a very bad back although you would never know it most of the time) he walks with his head down, which tells me he hurt his back. I put him on complete crate rest for a few days and give him a baby aspirin. My vet has ultrasound massages for dogs with bad backs, arthritis and says he gets amazing results. Dogs that can barely walk end up walking well after treatments.
I haven't tried it yet my money right now is going for all their other issues, but it is something you may want to think about.

Also when I give my boys their herbal meds that are pills or any pills I put some natural applesauce on a spoon and bury the pill in it and they gobble it down off the spoon.

I hope his back issue resolves quickly! Hugs to you and sweet Flynn!

Hi all

I have the week off so home with him. He a little off again today, vomited up his meds this morning. Which he has done on occasion. He has to have them an hour before his breakfast. Ate his brekky well though.

Did a bit of a head down, shaky episode before too. Not as bad as the other day but just enough to le me know he is not right. Gave him a squirt of Tramadol. I am not convinced it is his back, but hard to tell really. He is starting to itch again too. :mad:

Oh well, the life of our older pups throws these curve balls on occasion!! Hopefully he will be back to his spritely self soon! x

Prayers and good thoughts for Flynn! Hugs!

Dang, Flynny Boy what is going on with you? Mom is all worried and so are we.

Gosh Trish, I was hoping for a good report. I am sure glad you are home with him.

Honestly, he is not too bad Addy. I am home not because he is sick but because I have been bit under the weather myself. So I am probably just noticing it more, plus he is probably bored with a lack of walks too. Poor boy just got a quick shower for the itches. He very much enjoyed the blow wave afterwards and ate his lunch straight after!!

Last year over winter I was giving him low dose tramadol every day, so maybe he is just feeling this arthritis a bit more. Not too worried about the wee vomit, think it is that horse pill Samilyn that does it on occasion!

Trish would an xray of his back maybe tell you more? When woody did his back in he used to go head down and shake my vet thought the shaking could be pain related. Maybe it is just a nerve or something getting tweaked every so often. Hope he is ok today :p

Well the tennis started yesterday there goes my social life for 2 weeks I love Wimbledon finger crossed Andy Murray can do it again this year although Just watched Nadal seems on form :)

Hubby is watching Wimbledon as well. I wont be getting him to do anything;)

Trish, maybe Flynn's arthritis is acting up. have you tried the tramadol?

Feel better

HI Addy and Tracy

Love Wimbledon too, only problem is it's usually on in the middle of the night!! I see your boy Andy won his first game Tracy, so that's a good start! :)

The boy seems good this morning, no puking up his pills. He's just been out on cat patrol! I don't know why these stupid cats come through here knowing he is likely to be about. Cat's aren't stupid though, crafty things probably taunting him on purpose! I can't let him out in the night without leashing him or else he just goes out barking like a banshee and that will upset the neighbours!
xx

Good to hear no puking and cat patrol is good. Woody was the same at night he was put on a lead because of the rabbits as he would just bark his head off :eek:

I'm not sure Andy can do it this year but worried that he changed trainers only 3 weeks ago, I watched the replay of federer and he smashed his game in just over an hour so it's all to play for gulp

Forgot to say about the xray, need to talk to Mike about that but never discussed it when I saw him briefly on Monday. I do think his arthritis is playing up. Have not given him Tramadol so far today as he does not appear sore, will see how he goes.

I love Federer, he is my favourite and Nadal too! Andy can be 3rd though... oops nope he can't... he's 4th. Just remembered Ferrer, who always comes to our little NZ tournament each year and is a favourite! He is like a little terrier when he plays, scurrying about after every ball no matter how impossible it seems! Love that never give up attitude!

There is a buck with antlers in the far back- he is huge- wish I could get a picture for you. I better hurry and get the dang Frontline for Koko;):rolleyes:

Hope things are good today for you

Hi Addy! Yep so far, so good!!

There has been a story in our news this week about a stag attacking its owner, it was a pet :eek:. But he had a dog (a foxie like Flynny) and it chased it and got it all riled up, then it attacked!! Typical Foxie, they think they are 10ft tall and bullet proof :) Sounds like it is now going to be venison steaks~ :eek:

Story here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay...ectid=11280486

So moral of the story, let sleeping stags lie!! :D:D

I used to go out and talk to the deer when we first moved here. The herd was larger then and we usually had about eight hanging around. They would just tolerate me and continue about their business, looking at me off and on. Then my neighbor told me I was crazy because the deer could charge me and hurt me.:eek:

When Zoe and I would walk with my pocket full of chicken, she never barked at them and they would smell the chicken and come closer to us. So much for them not liking meat!!!

Blardy cannibals, your neighbour was quite right!!! :eek:

So when you pop into a thread and the first thing you read is "blardy cannibals" just know that there are a range of images that can go through your mind!

I just heard on the news that they are warning people to keep children and animals inside, in one of the areas that is sort of a suburb city of Toronto and for people not to go out so much as there are 2 large aggressive coyotes in the area, that have chased and attacked people. Bit 2 women in fact. So animal services and police are looking for them as they are a danger. They keep heading into the deep woods in the green belt though, so I guess no luck yet. Scary! We have coyotes here in our park and in creek area, inside the city but haven't known them to attack anyone yet.

Got to run. Flynn, you be good for your mum and no shenanigans. Trish I think you'll feel better maybe if you can get that xray done. Just to see if anything is off or not.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Hi - good night here but slept in this morning! Nearly 10am already, getting a bit too used to the week off :D Mike seems to think this was just a muscular incident and is not recommending xray right now. Maybe if it keeps up we will do it. But he seems OK apart from the darn itching!

OMG imagine going for a walk and coming across coyotes, what a nightmare. Hope they catch them soon. Nearly vacation time Sharlene, hope work is fading into a distant memory and you have your bags packed! x

That's good that mike thinks it's muscular just need to keep an eye on him. Goodness knows what's going on with the itchies

Working on the packing, keep getting sidetracked

Now they are wondering if those animals might be some hybrid coyote, or something else. Still not caught.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle19326790/

Crazy scary.

Glad Flynn's issues appear to be muscular. That can take a while to heal though too if it's pulled, etc.

Molly is at the kennel, house is way too quiet for my liking.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Yikes Sharlene! A coy-wolf! :eek: Probably hungry poor things.

Flynny is starting apoquel today for his itch. Hope it works! x

Just got email from Mike, UPC is up to 1.39 from 0.77 two months ago... bah humbug! But not too worried as he was unwell with whatever happened last weekend and if he is off colour he always seems to throw more protein in his urine. Plus he had been drinking a lot that night/morning and that always seems to give a higher result than when he is fasted. :confused:

ok i,m not worried either, as you say he was unwell so that will make it go up. :confused: Yay on the apoquel i hear nothing but good reports about it, the girl in my work uses it on her staffy and it has worked wonders with him, so fingers crossed it helps flynn. Are you doing the doubling up on it for is it 2 weeks then you taper it down ??

Yep, I agree. Not going to sweat the small stuff! Sent you the apoquel info

Regarding Flynn's UPC results I agree with you too. ;) Sorry to hear that he has been having some issues and hopefully sweet Flynn will feel more like his "ole self" real soon.

Hugs, Lori